West Indies 245 and 170 for 2 (King 81*, Campbell 49, Hodge 31*) beat Bangladesh 272 and 142 (Nayeem 52, Chase 5-36, Warrican 4-63) by eight wickets
Brandon King's unbeaten 81 and Roston Chase's five-for headlined an eight-wicket win for West Indies on a tricky pitch in Dhaka against Bangladesh. Despite several stoppages in play due to bad light, rain and lightning, King's 112-run opening stand with John Campbell, scored at almost run-a-ball, ensured that West Indies were on track in their chase of 170 throughout.
King struck ten fours and a six during his 115-ball knock, finding his boundaries predominantly on the on-side. Campbell (49) and No. 3 Tagenarine Chanderpaul (1) fell in quick succession when the fast bowlers, Hasan Mahmud and Taijul Islam, were re-introduced late in the day in the 27th over, but the game was mostly done by then. No. 4 Kavem Hodge remained unbeaten on 31 alongside King, as the pair sealed an eventually comfortable win in the third session.
The West Indies openers had gotten off to a shaky start in the solitary over they played out before the lunch break, when Campbell survived three lbw appeals off Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who struck him thrice on the pads but was denied by umpire Nitin Menon each time.
When they returned after the break, Campbell started off by hammering Nayeem for a four, followed by King finding three fours in a row against Shoriful Islam. He timed a shot through the slips. Then, Najmul Hossain Shanto dropped King at second slip, with the Bangladesh captain also having to go off the field due to a finger injury. The next ball, King cracked a square-cut that took him to his fifth Test half-century.
King also survived two close calls against Nayeem and Taijul, but Bangladesh couldn't string together enough good balls during this early phase of the chase. By the time Shoriful finally broke the opening stand - bowling Campbell off the inside edge - the left-hander had compiled 49, striking six fours and a six. Mahmud then had Chanderpaul caught at fine leg, but at that point, West Indies were 120 for 2 already.
During the closing stages of the chase, King was dropped a second time, when Ebadot Hossain could not hold on to a chance at long-off. The batter was on 71. At the other end, Hodge hit four fours and a six, most notably a lap-sweep off Taijul and a hoick down the ground. A couple of overs later, King whacked Taijul through mid-off himself to finish off the chase, as part of an unbeaten fifty-run partnership with Hodge for the third wicket.
Earlier in the day, Bangladesh had resumed their third innings overnight on 79 for 6. Batting with the lower order, No. 8 Nayeem Hasan reached his maiden Test half-century. The West Indies captain, Chase, completed a five-wicket haul, with his 5 for 36 taking him past 100 Test wickets, while left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican finished with figures of 4 for 63. Warrican was adjudged Player of the Match at the end of day's play, having taken a five-for in Bangladesh's first innings as well.
Warrican got rid of Jaker Ali in the first over of the morning. Jaker was on 22 when he struck Warrican for a boundary. The next delivery, however, he edged the ball to Chase, who took a smart low catch in the slips.
Warrican dropped a low caught-and-bowled chance in the 32nd over, before Chase dropped Nayeem twice, off Warrican in successive overs. Warrican, though, got his batting partner Hasan Mahmud out a couple of overs later after Mahmud's patient 31-ball 8. Warrican spun the ball back towards the batter, who went on the back foot but was pinned lbw.
The No. 10, Taijul Islam, walked out and connected with a reverse sweep for four, before he fell lbw to Chase. Nayeem reached his half-century with a boundary and a quick single off Warrican on either side of the rain break. Nayeem himself was the last batter out when Chase got rid of him with a mis-hit to mid-on.
By then, Nayeem had dragged Bangladesh to a fighting total in Dhaka, but it proved to be too little as West Indies romped to a win to go 1-0 up in the two-match Test series.